Did you know that his is what cacao looks like ripe and just off the tree? I didn’t! It was like meeting a long lost friend.
Whole Foods
We received our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box 2 days ago, but I’ve been so busy I only now got around to taking a picture. Some of the goodies have already been eaten too! Buried under the tomatoes and basil is a papaya. Jon loves those and immediately ate one when we opened the box. I’m not a big fan, so those are for him.…
Growing up, we never had artichokes. It just isn’t part of the Cuban cuisine, and really, anything that would require eating with your hands would have utterly scandalized my mother. For a time growing up she tried to have us all eat pizza with a fork and knife, until my father intervened. I can’t remember now when I first had artichoke, but of course I…
Pretty, no? I love radishes, and admittedly, they aren’t a food I tend to eat much of in the Winter. Of late, however, I have made a few hot Thai soups and a cool crisp radish salad on the side tends to keep the spicy bite of the soup going while adding a lovely coolness to the complex flavors. A little something on the wonders…
I love Kale. I mean… if I could I. would. marry. it. Mmmhmmm. I love it that much. And I have it raw, chopped up and thrown into a salad, sauteed with garlic, olive oil, and a splash of balsamic or lemon, and sometimes I’ll throw ginger in there. If I could, I would eat it everyday, and for a while, as I was beginning…
